Borough union rejects contract agreement

The union that represents most borough employees voted Tuesday to reject a three-year contract with the borough, upending the agreement and scrambling both negotiating sides to decide what to do next.

After the assembly ratified the three-year bargaining agreement in early March, it was up to the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association to decide whether to do the same. The association majority rejected it Tuesday evening.

Some association members still feel a distaste for the last contract agreement, said Justin Haley, president of the association. PMEA employees from 2014 to 2016 weren’t g...